Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Change Is Coming Notre Dame men's basketball prepares for ACC life 14 ACC member schools at least once during the 18-game conference schedfter Notre Dame finished last sea- ule. The Fighting Irish have home-andson 25-10, including an 11-7 mark away dates with "partner schools" Bosin the Big East Conference, the ton College and Georgia Tech, and they scenery is about to change drasti- face both North Carolina and Virginia cally. Head coach Mike twice during the season. Brey has warmed to the Purcell Pavilion in idea of officially joining South Bend will also the Atlantic Coast Conplay host to Clemson, ference in the coming Duke, North Carolina months. State, Pittsburgh and "I grew up a Maryland Virginia Tech. Other road opponents are Florfan and was an assistant ida State, Maryland, Miin the league [at Duke], ami, Syracuse and Wake but I never thought I Forest. would be coaching in The 2014 ACC Tourthe ACC at the Univernament is scheduled sity of Notre Dame," he for March 12-16 at told reporters in May at the league's spring Head coach Mike Brey and the Irish Greensboro Coliseum in meetings in Amelia Is- will play an 18-game conference Greensboro, N.C. Notre land, Fla. "That's how schedule in their first season in the Dame's entire 2013-14 schedule will be anACC. crazy expansion is." photo by joe raymond nounced at a later date. His program's foray Brey has endured a wide array of into the ACC includes home games against Duke and North Carolina — To- emotions concerning the conference bacco Road powers and perennial con- switch, at one point last year saying he had "buyer's remorse." At Amelia Istenders for the national championship. Notre Dame will face each of the other land, nearly two months removed from A By Wes Morgan